News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
SAM JONES TALKS IN NEW YORK
What He Said to n Large Audience in Assoc
citation Hall.

Sam Jones, the famous revivalist, en-
tertained large audience at the Young
Mems hristian Association rooms in
New York. Mr.. Jones is about thirty
six years old, of slender build, dark
complexion and thick black hair that
falls far down his forehead. He wore
eyeglasses, a white tie and black broad
cloth Prince Albert coat and black
trousers. He spoke extemporaneousIy
for an hour and twenty minutes and
talked in general about character, but
found time to also express what he
thought about a good many other
things There is nothing ornate about
Sam Jones's rhetoric, but what he has to
say he says in simple and at time child
like language, and he isn't afraid of call
ing things by their right names. His
talk was highly interesting to the audi
ence and he was frequently interrupted
by loud applause. The basis of all true
character, Sam Jones thinks, is the
affections. 'tShow me what a man
likes" said Mr.. Jones, ''and what he
hates, and l will tell you his character"
Among the other forclble and remarka-
BILE sayings of this remarkable man were
the following:
Zone trouble with the theology of to-
day is that it is too broadcasted. like
things in rows. / want my theology to
be like a telescope, so l can look
through it and see the spires in the city
of God"
"a mans reputation is like his girl.
He can put her on or off and not lose
much. Reputation is easily made. To-
day crowd will cry a mans hosannas;
tomorrow it will cry, Cruelty himP"
'Tnfdellty is only great big mouth
going all around talking. There is
nothing in it but mouth, nothing be-
hind it to back it up. Look under it
and over it and through it and on all
sides of it and you will only find
mouth"
Faith is traces, and all you've got to
do is step in and go ahead. Doubt IS
like these hold back arrangements, aud
if you step in you are sure to go back
ward"
"We shouldn't ask for more grace,
but we should use the grace we've got
already. It's not the use of grace but
the misuse of it that damns men. There
never was bigger falsehood perpetrat-
ed on God than the Sunday school
song, Surely, the Captain can depend
on me-"
'People say to me, Jones, why don't
you preach Christi You only preach
law To all such say, DO you sup.
pose I'll bring my God down here among
you cutthroatsP The pulpit is the last
place in the world to show the white
feather. The greatest blessing a church
can have is a preacher who is game
from head to foot The guns of the
devil were never closer to the pulpit
than now."
"a man who has the courage to
preach his convictions must be eccentric
nowadays. Pm eccentric, they all say,
and butcher my grammar God never
made two fellows alike, because if he
did one of them wouldn't amount to
much"
"There's many an old Salvation Army
fellow, who is going to sit around the
throne and many a ID. d. who is going
to take back seat. I'm going to be
D. D. myself some day, but then things
are coming down and Pm going up"
"a good many preachers have got
wholesale liquor dealers in their church,
but they don't say anything about them
because they might hurt their feelings.
If there is anybody IN this world hold
in contempt it's the fellow who goes
around with his feelings sticking out
like quilts on a porcupine's back"
'Do you want to know the difference
| between moral and physical courage I
| The first is the hero standing up for the
right, the second is the little bull pup
| sleeping on the mat. y World